RE: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Eric Roberts
Santorum is an unabashed racist When I was a teenager, I worked at a local hospital, in the respiratory therapy department. One of my co-workers was an African-American man who grew up in Mississippi (he lived in NJ for only about 5 years). We used to talk about racism - growing up in a

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
Because your a moron? . On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > *shaking head*  Why do I get this feeling that if Hitler was in the GOP > race, Sam would be opining how wonderful of a guy he is... ~| Order the

RE: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Eric Roberts
, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist if he wasnt being a racist then why was he singling out "blacks?" handouts know no color. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Sam wrote: > > Playing people is really easy too and you sir have been played. > In now way was he being r

RE: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Eric Roberts
*shaking head* Why do I get this feeling that if Hitler was in the GOP race, Sam would be opining how wonderful of a guy he is... -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 9:11 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Definitely. Dig into his writings and his platform and its dominionism all over again. What we don't need is a Nehemiah Scudder as president. For those of you who don't know who that is, he's a character from Heinlein's novel If This Goes On -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_This_Goes_On%E2%80%9

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Santorum has quite the record. The left as you characterize it doesn't have to dig. Aside from Dan Savage's Santorum meme, Rick Santorum has sponsored some fairly nasty legislation that would actively discriminate against gays etc. Lets also not forget that the last time he ran for office in Penns

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Ras Tafari
referring to them as "the blacks" is horrific. go ahead and say that one in compton amigo. betcha aint talkin about them thar ni**ers anymo! On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > Rick Santorum said he doesn't want to "make black people's lives better > by giving them somebody

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
Rick Santorum said he doesn't want to "make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money." Which he followed up by saying that he wants to give them the opportunity to go out make money and earn a living. Anyway, there's a huge hidden assumption that giving blacks money has

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Ras Tafari
precisely. its so easy to read people's microexpressions. so very easy. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Maureen wrote: > > I watched an interview with Santorum on CNN.  As long has he was > discussing real political issues, such as the economy, he was > articulate and even made some sense.  As

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread GMoney
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Maureen wrote: > > I watched an interview with Santorum on CNN. As long has he was > discussing real political issues, such as the economy, he was > articulate and even made some sense. As soon as he started discussing > social issues, the wide-eyed ranting sta

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
Damn! That tells me I should vote for him and I didn't want to. . On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Maureen wrote: > > who should never be allowed near any public office. > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://ww

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Maureen
I watched an interview with Santorum on CNN. As long has he was discussing real political issues, such as the economy, he was articulate and even made some sense. As soon as he started discussing social issues, the wide-eyed ranting starting, spit was flying and I kept expecting him to invoke th

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Robert Munn
The primary cycle is exhausting. If the Left is trying to brand him, he is doing his part to give them ammunition. Like you said before, he's not ready for prime-time. The Republican field is fractured because the Republican Party is fractured. The party establishment can't find a candidate they

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
Years ago I spent a month in Memphis and ate out a lot. The restaurants were either no blacks or we were the only whites. Sad that was. . On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > When I was a teenager, I worked at a local hospital, in the > respiratory therapy department. One of

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
He asked about specifics from 50 years ago and I supplied them. As for branding the left, I just like to splash a little history on folks that try to re-write it. . On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:43 PM, GMoney wrote: > > I agree with your last sentence. But...didn't you just a few minutes ago in >

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Judah McAuley
That's a real problem we have here in Oregon. We've got such a small African-American population that it can be easy to essentially ignore race relation issues and pretend that they just don't exist here. On the opposite side of the coin, the black community is so small and concentrated in one geo

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread GMoney
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Sam wrote: > > I know little about Santorum but from what he said in that clip I > would consider him not to be racist. I think the left is trying too > hard to brand the right as racists and that needs to stop. > I agree with your last sentence. But...didn't yo

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Scott Stroz
When I was a teenager, I worked at a local hospital, in the respiratory therapy department. One of my co-workers was an African-American man who grew up in Mississippi (he lived in NJ for only about 5 years). We used to talk about racism - growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood in the su

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
I know little about Santorum but from what he said in that clip I would consider him not to be racist. I think the left is trying too hard to brand the right as racists and that needs to stop. . On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > lol, im not swayed by them or anyone in this

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Ras Tafari
lol, im not swayed by them or anyone in this light. i know all about racism, racists, and the like. it's never going to go away, i know this... in fact, im all for people REALLY talking about how they feel, talking about the differences between the races, cultures, etc. fuck hiding it, bring it o

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
That's how he is, he always sounds nervous when he talks. But as for getting past this in America, Jerry and Larry won't let you because they're planting these thoughts and hoping you run with them. . On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > i dont. i know some that arent. > > i

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Ras Tafari
i dont. i know some that arent. i heard/saw a white man get uncomfortable when he was speaking to a group of VERY white people in iowa and his brain was thinking "ni**ers" and he ended up with "blacks" because the other wasnt right for the forum. would i have thought it to be THAT racist, nah no

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
I listened to the clip. If you didn't truly believe that all republicans are racist you would have heard what I heard. . On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > If the republicans say its not so, then Sam automatically agrees with > it, no matter what. What do you expect from

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
If the republicans say its not so, then Sam automatically agrees with it, no matter what. What do you expect from a true believer. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > if he wasnt being a racist then why was he singling out "blacks?" > handouts know no color. > > > On Wed, Jan

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Why does Bill Cosby come to mind? I know, because he said almost the same thing and much more. And he was called racist as well. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > Dang. Not much I can say about this. > > Rick Santorum said he doesn't want to "make black people's live

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
Because they're the group hit hardest by the Democrats racial policies. It's a cycle that needs to be stopped. . On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > if he wasnt being a racist then why was he singling out "blacks?" > handouts know no color. >

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Ras Tafari
if he wasnt being a racist then why was he singling out "blacks?" handouts know no color. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Sam wrote: > > Playing people is really easy too and you sir have been played. > In now way was he being racist, he was being supportive of blacks. > Handouts don't help, j

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
Playing people is really easy too and you sir have been played. In now way was he being racist, he was being supportive of blacks. Handouts don't help, jobs do. . On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Tony wrote: > > I heard the whole thing and saw with my own two eyes as his nig*er filter > had to

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Tony
I heard the whole thing and saw with my own two eyes as his nig*er filter had to be applied really fast and all that came out was "blacks" reading people is too easy On Wednesday, January 4, 2012, Sam wrote: > > Did you hear the entire sentence or just the part that appeared to be racist? > > .

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
Did you hear the entire sentence or just the part that appeared to be racist? . On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Ras Tafari wrote: > > you just don't do that samuel.  trust me, you don't. > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Sam wrote: >> >> I'm not a Santorum supporter but I don't get why you t

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Ras Tafari
you just don't do that samuel. trust me, you don't. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Sam wrote: > > I'm not a Santorum supporter but I don't get why you think that is racist. > Is it because he's a republican and he said black? > > . > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
Thanks for the effort On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > If you cannot see how that comment is racially motivated, its not > worth explaining. > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazo

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Scott Stroz
If you cannot see how that comment is racially motivated, its not worth explaining. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Sam wrote: > > I'm not a Santorum supporter but I don't get why you think that is racist. > Is it because he's a republican and he said black? > > . > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:59

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-04 Thread Sam
I'm not a Santorum supporter but I don't get why you think that is racist. Is it because he's a republican and he said black? . On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > Dang. Not much I can say about this. > > Rick Santorum said he doesn't want to "make black people's lives

Re: Well, Rick Santorum is an unabashed racist

2012-01-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Well isn't the Iowa republican party 99.9 something percent white, and The same with the New Hampshire republicans. So as far as he's concerned it's no biggie. He'll just be on the gravy train for a few more days. On Tuesday, January 3, 2012, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > Dang. Not much I can s